Overalls and suspenders.



O. A.`BERI\/IAN OVERALLS AND SUSPENDEBS. APPLICATION FILED ocr. l. 1917.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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SACKETT EIWILHELM 5 CDRPJLY OSCAR A. BEBMAN, 0F GNCINNATI, OHO.

OVERALLS AND SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led Gctober 1, 1917. Serial No. 194,196.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. BERMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, United States of America, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls and Suspenders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Suspenders and especially toimprovements in Suspenders for overalls.

An object of the invention is to provide in combination with shoulderstraps and rear straps of Suspenders a readily removable elasticconnecting web, which if attached to the shoulder and rear strap willimpart to the entire suspenders the necessary elasticity.

It is another object of the invention to provide an elastic connectingweb which may be readily removed so as to permit of the laundrying ofthe overalls, shoulder and rear straps, without compelling the user alsoto laundry the elastic.

Another object of the invention is to provide in an overall orsuspenders a connecting web which has several plies or layers separatedfrom each other, this web being constructed in the form of an endlessbelt supported at opposite points on freely rotatable sleeves looselymounted on Shanks of supportingl buckles.

Another object of the invention is to provide in connection with asuspender, and especially with an overall suspender, a number ofbuckles, preferably all of the same construction, which form supportsfor the folding or turning points of the shoulder straps and rear strapsand for the turning points of the connecting web, all of these bucklesbeing interlinked with each other and being readily closable or adaptedto be opened, so that the removal or insertion of the connecting web caneasily be effected.

It is nally an object to provide an elastic web which owing to itsmovability with respect to its supporting points is inclined to bring atdifferent times different portions in Contact with the back of thewearer so as to retard for a long time that injury which is caused tofabrics by contact with materials impregnated with perspiration.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which similar reference characters refer to imilar parts. lnthe drawing- Figure l shows a rear view of the suspender in use.

Fig. 2 shows on a larger scale the connecting element between shoulderstraps and rear straps combined with the interlinking buckles, and

Fig. 3 shows in perspective view one of those buckles for the connectingweb.

he overalls l are provided with straps 2 which may be buttoned or sewedto the waistband at the rear of the same, while the shoulder straps 3may be fastened in a similar way to the front portion of the garment.The connection between the shoulder straps 3 and the rear straps 2 ofthe suspenders is effected by a third strap 5. rllhis connecting element5 may be made of resilient or-elastic fabric and is connected with theshoulder and rear straps of the suspender in such manner that it canreadily be removed and attached, whenever desired.

For this purpose this connecting element is constructed as an endlessbelt. The turning points of this endless belt or connecting web 5 areformed by sleeves or rollers G loosely mounted on the shanks of bucklesS.. These buckles are constructed similar to ordinary safety pins,having at the end opposite the bight a closing loop 9 into which thefree end of the pin 10 may be inserted. This pin has a looped lateralextension l1 with which a similar looped extension of the next buckle isinterlinked. Another portion of the elastic connecting web is alsotrained about a sleeve 6 of an identical buckle 8 and the front and rearstraps, which may be fastened to the waistband of the overalls, areturned or folded about a sleeve 6 forming part of that buckle which isinterlinked with the other buckles just mentioned.

t is obvious therefore that a removal of the elastic web from theSuspenders may readilv be effected, for instance, by simply detachingthe two outermost buckles from their connection with the shoulder strapsand rear straps respectively, so that the nonelastic elements of theoverall and suspenders may be washed. lt is also obvious that, owing tothe loose interlinking connection of the several buckles, no motion ofthe body of the wearer will encounter any resistance Cir in the materialof the suspender, but that owing to the provision of these buckles andof the elastic endless web, the suspender will follow the motion of thebody of the wearer, no matter in which direction and how far it ismoved.

This construction also has the advantage that with the exception ofjoining the loose ends of the connecting strap 5, so as to form anendless web, no .sewing is necessary, while if a single strap is used,as, for instance, described in the speciiication pertaining to myco-pending application, Serial Number 162,975, the ends of thedetachable interconnecting strap must be reinforced with tape or someother `strong fabric.

Owing to the fact that the endless web has a tendency to revolve aboutthe shanks and about the sleeves loosely secured to these shanks, theendless web will have a tendency to bring at different times differentportions in contact with the sleeve and therefore also in contact withthe back of the wearer, this change oi the position or the portions ofthe elastic strap taking place whenever the garment is removed orwhenever the elastic web is removed, or to a certain extent even witheach motion-of the body of the wearer. The result will be that that sideof the elastic strap which was close to the body of the wearer, andwhich has been dampened by perspiration, may at intervals be exposed tothe air and become dry before the acids of lthe perspiration have hadtime to permanently injure certain parts of the web.

I claim:

l. ln a suspender in combination with shoulder straps and rear straps,an endless elastic web inserted between said straps, a buckle held tothe shoulder strap, another buckle interlinked therewith and supportingthe connecting web, a buckle connected with the rear strap, and anotherbuckle interlinked with said last mentioned buckle and also inengagement with the endless connecting web.

2;'111 a suspender inv combination with shoulder straps and rear straps,an endless connecting web, a buckle in the form of a safety pin having ashank passing through the space between adjacent portions of theshoulder strap, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shank, another buckleinterlinked with said first named buckle and having also a shank, aloose sleeve on said vshank passing through the interspace between twoportions of the connecting web, and another 4pair of buckles in similararrangement with ,respect to each other, to the connecting web and rearstrap.

3. A suspender comprising in combination with shoulder straps and rearstraps, an endless connecting web, a buckle having a shank, a sleeve onsaid shank passing through adjacent portions of the shoulder straps, apin forming part of the buckle and provided with an extension, anotheridentical buckle having an extension on its pin interlinked with theextension on the pin of the irst named buckle, 'the Shank of the .secondnamed buckle being provided with a loosely mounted sleeve over which theconnecting web is trained, another pair of interlinked buckles, theshank of a buckle of they last named pair being movably attached to therear strap, and the shank of the other buckle of the last named pair'having a sleeve over which the connecting web is trained.

oscarh A. BERMAN.

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